Hitler's Lost Secret Documents - MILLION SUBSCRIBER SPECIAL
Mark Felton Productions・17 minutes read
Hitler missed a chance to escape Berlin by air, organizing Operation Cerralio instead, leading to the crash of a Ju-352 aircraft and the loss of valuable documents and staff. Various theories suggest the fate of the metal boxes from the crash, including their hiding, destruction, or dispersal into private collections and libraries across the US and Europe.
Insights
- Hitler had the opportunity to escape Berlin by air but chose to issue orders to his armies instead, ultimately not utilizing the available evacuation aircraft, leading to his demise in the bunker.
- The crash of the Ju-352 aircraft near Dresden, carrying valuable documents and personnel, resulted in a complex aftermath involving investigations, artifacts recovery, and the loss of significant historical materials, fueling speculation and conspiracy theories about Hitler's escape and the fate of the missing documents.
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Recent questions
Did Hitler escape Berlin in 1945?
No
What was Operation Cerralio?
A plan to move people and documents out of Berlin.
What happened to the Ju-352 aircraft?
One reached Bavaria, the other crashed near Dresden.
Were there any survivors from the Ju-352 crash?
Some passengers survived, but many perished.
What happened to the metal boxes from the crash site?
The fate of the metal boxes remains uncertain.
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Summary
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Hitler's Failed Escape: Operation Cerralio Tragedy
- On April 20, 1945, Hitler appeared from his bunker in Berlin to review Hitler Youth members who had fought against the Red Army.
- Two soldiers, Aunt and Vibes, moved heavy boxes from the bunker to a waiting truck, each box weighing around 100 pounds.
- These boxes were part of Operation Cerralio, aiming to move important persons and documents out of Berlin to Bavaria.
- Hitler's personal pilot, Hans Bauer, organized Operation Cerralio, utilizing aircraft to transport personnel and materials.
- Hitler could have escaped by air from Berlin but chose not to, issuing orders to his armies instead.
- A Junkers Ju-290 aircraft was on standby outside Berlin to evacuate Hitler and his staff, but it never reached them due to Soviet control of airfields.
- On April 21, 1945, two Junkers Ju-352 aircraft were loaded with passengers and crates from the Reich Chancellery to fly to Bavaria.
- The cargo included dental equipment belonging to Hitler's dentist, Dr. Blaschke, and important documents like Hitler's table talks transcripts.
- One Ju-352 successfully reached Bavaria, while the other, piloted by Gundelfinger, crashed near Dresden, killing most aboard.
- The crash site was attended by locals, Soviet and French prisoners, and Luftwaffe personnel, with Hitler expressing regret for the loss of valuable documents and staff.
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Mystery of Hitler's Missing Documents Unsolved
- Investigations in the Bernesdorf area revealed a collection of artifacts from Gunulfinger's aircraft, including metal and glass parts incorporated into buildings, porcelain shards, molten silver, and dental equipment belonging to Dr. Blaschka. Julius Schaub's personal seal was found intact, confirming the presence of important historic documents aboard. Some passengers, including two unidentified women, led to confusion about Boarman's secretary Elsa Kruger, who survived the war and lived in Cheshire near Liverpool until 2005.
- The loss of Hitler and Eva Braun's dental charts and x-rays complicated Soviet efforts to identify charred corpses near the Fuhrer bunker, fueling suspicions of Hitler's escape. Villagers reported salvaging crates with Nazi seals after the crash, which were later taken by the SS and never seen again. The East German authorities or the Stasi were rumored to have taken the crates, but no secret Hitler documents emerged from their archives after the fall of the Berlin Wall.
- The disappearance of the metal boxes laden with files from the Ju-352 crash site in 1945 led to various theories, including the possibility of them being hidden in the Bernesdorf area, destroyed by the SS, or sold off to collectors. The Hitler Diaries fraud, based on forged diary volumes supposedly from Hitler, diverted attention from the search for the real boxes of documents. Some speculate that the contents of the metal boxes, including Hitler-related documents and personal letters, have ended up in veterans' attics, private collections, and libraries across the US and Europe.
